20 Best Film Directors Of The Decade (So Far)
2. Richard Linklater
2010s Films: Bernie, Before Midnight, Boyhood, Everybody Wants Some!!
Upcoming Projects: Unannounced
The 2010s have seen Richard Linklater not only reaffirm his status as the master of simple, real-life observation, but also seen him grow, getting more ambitious and explore deeper ideas than ever before. His third entry in the Before trilogy (although don't put him past making another) was a sobering look at the reality of marriage, Everybody Wants Some!! took the idea of Dazed And Confused to alcohol-fuelled college and he finally finished his magnum opus, Boyhood, which sold you on an entire cast growing through the movie, but won you over with its depth. Who knows how he's going to top this triple-whammy.
Not letting himself be completely defined by Linklater-isms, he also made Bernie, which reminds that he's still pretty versatile too.